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  1. American Art
  2. European Painting, Sculpture & Fine Arts
  3. Ancient Art & Archaelogy
  4. Western Architecture (early Christian to present)
  5. Book Arts and Manuscripts (pre-20th cent.)
  6. History of Photography
  7. Asian Art, Architecture, Sculpture & Fine Arts

 

Columbia Libraries Public Image
Collections (unrestricted)
Preliminary List

  • Columbia Medieval / Renaissance Manuscripts
  • Greene & Greene Architectural Drawings & Photographs
  • Russian Imperial Corps of Pages
  • Chinese Paper Gods
  • Bunraku Puppet Theater
  • Muschenheim Architectural Drawings & Photographs
  • Columbia Historical Images & Documents

 



Saskia Collections

CDR-2480: Survey of Western Art Basic Digital Set of 2,500 high resolution digital images for teaching Western Art; recommended as a starter set. The Set includes a broad range of examples from Neolithic times to the present. Serves as an alternative to and expands on any of our textbook sets.
CDR-2478: Costume and Fashion A historic overview of costume and fashions from Ancient Greece to the early 20th century. 338 Digital Images.
CDR-2475: The Milwaukee Art Museum Calatrava Wing, compl. October 2001 A Set of 29 Digital Images of the Calatrava Addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum (includes 6 construction views).
CDR-2470: The Architecture of PALLADIO A Set of 43 Digital Images. Andrea Palladio has been called �probably the most influential figure in the history of Western architecture� due to his propagating a Renaissance classicism that was influential for four centuries, especially in Britain and the US. Four of his most famous secular works are included in this slide set: the Basilica Palladiana, the Palazzo Chiericati, the Loggia del Capitaniato and the Villa Rotonda, as well as the Villa Emo and Barbaro.
CDR-2469: Introduction to Early Christian and Byzantine Art 116 Digital Images of Architecture and sculptural examples of Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Works range from the classical Roman Basilica at Trier to the magnificent Hagia Sofia in Constantinople. Other monuments include Santa Sabina and Santa Costanza in Rome, and the Mausoleum of Theodoric and San Vitale in Ravenna. Sculptural Examples include exquisite ivories: the Harbaville Triptych and "the Barbarini Ivory"of Justinian as Conqueror; and the marble statue of Christ Teaching.
CDR-2463: Romanesque Architecture in France This group of 197 Digital Images of French Romanesque churches offers examples ranging from Caen in the North to Arles in the south. Important pilgrimage churches are represented by V�zelay, Toulouse and Conques. The Abbey of Fontenay offers views of the oldest extant Cisterician church in France and its conventual buildings. Sculptural examples include noted works from Autun and Moissac.
CDR-2410: Contemporary American Architecture: FDR Memorial, Images of the FDR and Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, and the Getty Center in Los Angeles 88 Digital Images
CDR-2409: Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism (aka "Upstairs at the d'Orsay") This extensive set includes paintings by Courbet, Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, van Gogh, Gauguin and many others 630 Digital Images
CDR-2406: Italian Renaissance Art Part II of basic set on Italian Renaissance. This set complements and expands on CDR-2405; both sets together allow for in-depth coverage on Italian Renaissance Art. 516 Digital Images
CDR-2301: Architecture Set
CDR-2228: Ancient Art vol. 5: Greek Monuments in Sicily, Italy and Greece Additions to Ancient Art Sets vol. 1 to 4
CDR-2226: Mosaics in the Capella Palatina and Dumo in Palermo, Sicily
CDR-2224: Renaissance and Baroque Architecture in Sicily Architecture in Sicily. Renaissance and Baroque monuments.
CDR-2222: Non-western Art 334 High-Resolution Digital Images of Asian, Islamic, Pre-Columbian, Native American, Oceanic and African Architecture, Sculpture and Painting. last updated June 16, 2003
CDR-2220: Papal Monuments in St. Peter's Basilica In-depth coverage of papal tombs, the Baldacchino and Cathedra, monuments, decorations, Bernini's Angels, Holy Sacrament Chapel, Crossing Figures and Founders. 1,170 images
CDR-2216: Italian Baroque Art A Set of 500 Digital Images, including works by Bernini, Caravaggio, Carracci Brothers, Gaulli, Reni and many others
CDR-2212: Dutch Painting A Set of 400 Digital Images, including works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, Terborch, Terbrugghen, Ruisdael and many others.
CDR-2210: Michelangelo Includes architecture, sculpture and painting. 111 digital images
CDR-2209: Ancient Art Volume II: Greek Sculpture Greek Sculpture, including Minoan, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic works. 1,119 Digital Images. last updated April 17, 2003.
CDR-2208: Ancient Roman Architecture and Sculpture 1,481 Digital Images. last updated April 6, 2003.
CDR-2207: Ancient Near Eastern Architecture and Sculpture 229 Digital Images. last updated April 18, 2003
CDR-2206: Ancient Egypt: Architecture and Sculpture 361 Digital Images of Architecture and Sculpture from Ancient Egypt. last updated April 18, 2003
CDR-2201: Ancient Art Volume 1: Greek Architecture Architectural sites documented include the Parthenon, Olympeion and Temple of Athena Nike in Athens, Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi and Trojan, Minoan, Mycenean and Greek settlements in Crete and in Troy, Mycenae, Myra, Miletus, Ephesus, Pergamum and Priene in Turkey. 443 Digital Images. last updated April 17,2003
CDR-2101: Brueghel and Rubens: Paintings in Vienna The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna houses the largest and most important collection of Pieter Brueghel's work in the world, and is second only to Antwerp in its Rubens collection. This set features over 80 paintings, with more than 140 detail views. 228 Digital Images
CDR-2100: The Dresden Collection Paintings from the Gallery of Old Masters in Dresden. Works by Rembrandt, Raphael, Correggio, D�rer, Antonello, van Dyck, Tintoretto, Vermeer and many others are featured. 150 Digital Images
CDR-1162: French Gothic Churches A Set of 143 digital images presents examples from the Early French Gothic at St. Denis, to the "purest realization" of High Gothic at Amiens Cathedral.
CDR-1161: Berlin Reconstruction after the Fall of the Wall 56 digital images
CDR-1160: Model of Central Berlin Exhibited 2000 in Neues Museum, Berlin. Commissioned by the Stadtentwicklung, Berlin. Set is accompanied by Panorama-Map of Berlin 2000 (published in German)
CDR-1147: Monasteries of Meteora 18 digital images of Monasteries
CDR-1145: Bilbao, The Guggenheim Museum
CDR-1144: Opera Garnier, Paris. Views of the exterior, the Model, the Dance Group and a Pissaro painting. 20 digital images.
CDR-1135: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial 63 digital images
CDR-1130: The Getty Center 20 digital images
CDR-1100: Frank Gehry: American Culture Center in Paris Set of 22 digital images. Comprehensive coverage of the exterior, as well as interior of the structure.
CDR-1083: Architectural Drawings Set of 16 digital images Includes designs by Eliel Saarinen and the Helsinki City Plan by Gylden, from the Finnish Architecture Museum in Helsinki.


TEXTBOOK COLLECTIONS  
Saskia's Textbook Superset> 1,321
Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 11th ed. 456
Lois Fichner-Rathus's Understanding Art, 6th ed. 156
Margaret Lazzari's Exploring Art, 1st ed. 65
Stokstad, Marilyn's Art History, 2nd edition 364
Hartt's History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed. 233
Janson's History of Art, 6th ed. 381
Gilbert's Living with Art, 6th ed. 190
Schneider Adams's Art Across Time, 2nd ed. 109
Hartt's Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed. 467
Gombrich's The Story of Art, 16th ed. 106
Trachtenberg & Hyman's Architecture, 1st ed. 257
Cunningham & Reich's Culture and Values, 5th ed. 147

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